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BREAKING NEWS FROM BLOOMBERG
Add Aetna to the List of Companies
Leaving Connecticut
By Kristy Westgard
June 29, 2017
For every leak Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy tries to plug, his ship seems to spring
another.
As the Democrat contends with a $5 billion
budget deficit, one of his states most iconic employers, Aetna Inc.,announced that its moving its
headquarters to New York City.
And the company, which has called Hartford
home for 164 years, will be taking 250 jobs with it.
Continue reading at
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-29/aetna-s-departure-from-connecticut-latest-hit-to-embattled-state
June 29, 2017
From: The Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer Org
Contact: Susan Kniep, President
Website: http://ctact.org/
Email: fctopresident@aol.com
Telephone: 860-841-8032
BREAKING
NEWS FROM THE HARTFORD
COURANT
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As FOX NEWS REPORTS
ILLINOIS IN DANGER OF ENTERING A
FINANCIAL DEATH SPIRAL
CONNECTICUT IS IN A FISCAL FREEFALL AND TAXPAYERS WILL PAY
THE PRICE
AS FOX NEWS ALSO REPORTS
High-tax Connecticut facing new budget
mess
Brooke Singman June 28,
2017
Illinois isnt the only state dealing with financial headaches these
days. Connecticut, too, is facing big budget problems as major corporations
flee the states high taxes and its fiscal future gets murkier by the day.
While Illinois
is facing the possibility its credit rating hitting junk status, Connecticut has the distinction of the third-worst
ratings in the country behind Illinois and New Jersey.
S&P Global Ratings, Moodys
and Fitch all downgraded the state last month which threatens to increase the
cost of borrowing in what officials described as a call to action for state
leaders. Continue reading at http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/28/high-tax-connecticut-facing-new-budget-mess.html
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Breaking
News from CTNewsJunkie.com
by Christine Stuart | Jun 29,
2017 4:43pm
Posted to State Budget | Taxes | State Capitol
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How Does the Mill Rate in Your Town
Compare to Other Towns?
Check it out at OPM: Mill Rates - CT.gov
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More
Breaking News from CTNewsJunkie.com
by Christine Stuart | Jun 29,
2017 5:30am
Posted to FOIA | Insurance
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BREAKING NEWS FROM CTPOST
REPORTS
Defense-spending boost heads for state
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REUTERS BREAKING NEWS
Jury finds United States may seize
Iran-linked office tower
NEW YORK
A jury in New York on Thursday found that the U.S. government may seize a Manhattan
office building from a nonprofit foundation accused of violating U.S. sanctions against Iran.
Read More from REUTERS at
http://www.reuters.com/news/us
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Here Goes Hartford and Connecticut:
Aetna HQ to Leave, State Trying to Avoid Bankruptcy (blog - Mary Pat Campbell /
STUMP)